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Using the Dictionary application on your computer, write the definition of the word below: Stereotype (n):
Summarize the events of this article in 2 or 3 sentences.
What is unusual about Gainesville State School?
Knowing where the boys on this team go to school, what do you expect them to look like? Why do you think that is?
Read the quote from the article and answer the question that follows:
“It was a strange experience for boys who most people cross the street to avoid. ‘We can tell people are a little afraid of us when we come to the games,’ says Gerald, a lineman who will wind up doing more than three years. ‘You can see it in their eyes. They're lookin' at us like we're criminals. But these people, they were yellin' for us! By our names!’” How does the statement by the Gainesville player show examples of stereotyping?
Using the Dictionary application on your computer, write the definition of the word below:
Stereotype (n):
“It was a strange experience for boys who most people cross the street to avoid. ‘We can tell people are a little afraid of us when we come to the games,’ says Gerald, a lineman who will wind up doing more than three years. ‘You can see it in their eyes. They're lookin' at us like we're criminals. But these people, they were yellin' for us! By our names!’”
How does the statement by the Gainesville player show examples of stereotyping?